Projectile.



Patented Mar. I8, |902. J. J. MGINTYBE.

PRDJECTILE.-

(Application filed Oct. 19, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH JOHN MCINTYRE, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

PROJECTILE.

SPECIFICATION forming pari'. Of Letters Patent NO. 695,578, dated. March18, 1902.

Application iiled October 19, 1900. 'Serial No. 33,662. (No model.)

To all whom iv' may concern.-

4 Beitknown thatI,JosEPHJOHNMCINTYRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn borough, county of Kings, New York'fcity, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Projectile, of whichthefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in projectiles; and the purposeof the invention is to provide a projectile of the rocket type soconstructed that an explosion may take place in the air at a given timeor whereby the explosion may be brought about by impact, no matterwhether object engaged is of a solid or yielding nature or a fluid. i

Another purpose of the invention is to so charge the projectilewithballs or shots that the greater possible number may be securely held inposition for the most effective service, and, furthermore, to connectsundry of the balls or shot in a chain or in bar arrange- 1nent,^soth'at they may be oonvenientlydiandled and distributed in the shell ofthe projectile, and also to so construct the projectile that the highestexplosive may be safely handled in charging the projectile, although anAexplosive of low power may be used with equally perfect success.

l attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l. is a longitudinal central section throughthe projectile. Fig. l is a side elevation of the vcomplete device drawnon a small scale. Fig. 2 is a transversesection taken substantially onthe line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of a hammerplugadapted to engage a detonating cap. Fig. i is a view of the base ot theplug.-

Under the construction shown in l1`ig. l the body of the projectileconsists ot two cylindrical shells u and I), connected' by a slipjointorin any other approved manner. A conical cap w is placed at the forwardend ofthe outer shell and upon one side ot the rear shell d a sleeve orpocket t is l'ormed, in which an cud ot' a stick is secured by asetscrewl/'er its equivalent. 'lliis stick is shown in three sections cc' ci, which sections may be telescopicallyordetachablyconnected,and arudder c is preferably placed at the free I end of the stick, consistingusually of a trailsversely-aixed bar, as shown in Fig. 1.

The rear shell a is provided with an inner jacket orlining g, of plasteror like material,

and in the chamber formed by this jacket or lining a charge 7L ot powdervis placed. The jacket is formed with a head at its outer end, as shownin Fig. 1, which head is usually made to extend beyond the rear end ofthe rear shell a, as is also shown in Fig. 1. This head, however, has anopening therein adapted to receive a fuse e', placed in communicationwith the charge 7L.

The forward end of the powder-chamber is closed by a plug j, which maybe ot' plaster, and in this plug a channel l is produced, which extendst'rom the inher to the outer face of the plug. This channel Z is adaptedto direct the force of the exploded vpowder to a hammer-plug n, (shownin Fig. 3,) and vtherefore the outer end m of the channel Z is enlarged,so that said force may expand beforo acting upon the ham mer-plug. Thehammer-plug is provided with a cylindrical body having a chamber r atits base, in which chamberan explosive s is packed. The forward end i ofthe hammer-block isconical and terminates in a needle n2, and at theehambered portion of the hammer-plug diametrically-loeated apertures nare made, and a thread, cord, or light wire q is passed through theapertures and through the outer shell b, and light cords p connect theplug n and a disk o, temporarily securing the disk to the base of thehainmer-plug'n. This disk may be made of pasteboard or like material andis adapted to prevent the plug n from traveling in a tube tuntil theproper time shall arrive, assisted by the wire 1]. The tube t iscentrallyand longitudinall y placed and secured in the forward shell (1,and the body of the hammer-plug 'n is introduced in the rear end of thetube, as shown in Fig. l. The disk is provided with a number ofapertures o', so that the charge in the plug n. may be exploded whenthe` charge /t is ignited. 'llle disk o lies in a space between theopposing closed ends of the shells d and (1, as shown in Fig. l.

A plaster jacketor lining n is placed within the l'orward shell I), andthis jacket or lining extends around the rear end et the tubet larly,compactly, and conveniently placed, certain numbers of the balls areconnected,

and in this manner a series of ball-sticks are.

obtained, and when the projectile is exploded the balls separate andscatter, doing considerable damage to objects throughout a wide range.

The chamber formed by the jacket i; is filled with a charge of dynamite,nitroglyce'rin, permanganate of mercury, or like explosive, 1nd saidexplosive extends beyond the for- .vard end of the tube t, which endvofthe tube s closed by a detonating cap u.

In operation when -the charge in the shell L is exploded thehammer-plaga is driven orward in the tube t, and when the ring- )in n2of the plug strikes the cap u thecharge /in the shell b will immediatelyexplode also, iliattering the parts of the projectile and dischargingthe balls or bullets formerly conaiued therein. Inorder that the chargey nay be safely introduced into the shell a, a ube a: of a soft materialis employed to line he chamber to be filled, and this tube diecilyreceives the charge.

It is obvious that the projectile meets all cquired conditions and thatit can be sent orward in rocket form or fired from a mortar r it can bethrown by hand.

What l claim as my invention, and desire o secure by Letters Patent,is-f l. ln projectiles, a shell, an inner jacket or ining for the shell,constructed of a vplastic material, an incased explosive located withinhe jacket,A solid ammunition in the form of i chain of balls supportedin the said plastic ining, a tube extending from the base of the heliwithin the explosive material, termiating in a detonating cap at itsforward end, loaded hammer-plug adapted to travel in the tube, a disk ofa material such as pastey board secured yto the hammer-plug, a needle atthe forward end of the plug, wires temporarily securing the disk to theshell, and means for exploding the charge in the hammer-plug, asspecified.

2. In projectiles, the combination, with a rear section comprisingashell having means for attachment to a stick, a plastic lining locatedwithin the shell, an explosive material contained within the plasticmateriaha fuse extending from the rear end of the shell, which fuse isin communication with the explosive material, and a plug at the forwardend of the shell, which plug is provided with an opening extendingthrough the same and communicating with the chamber in which theexplosive material is placed, of a second section also ccmprisingashell, and a connection between the shells of the first and secondsections, a plastic jacket'or lining located' within the shell of thesecond section, chains of connected solid ammunition located Withintherplastic lining orjacket, an explosive material located within theplastic jacket or lining, a tube extending from the rear end of thesecond section, partially through the exn plosive material therein andterminating at its forward end in a detonating cap, a hammer-plug havinga needle at its forward end, which ham mer-plug extends normally Withinthe tube of the second section at the base of said section, the rear endof the hammer-plug being over an opening in the end plug of the rstsection, and means, substantially as described, for temporarily holding.the -hammerplug in its normal position, as and for the purpose setforth.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my 'name to this specilieation, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 15th day of JOSEPH JOHN'Ivicl\TTYRi`El.4 Vtfitnesses:

CLEMENT 't MURPHY, CARL Illir'rnszwnie.

October,

